Sara Gruen is the same woman who wrote Water For Elephants - by the way. This novel revolves around - yup, you guessed it, apes. Specifically, bonobo apes. The main character, Isabel Duncan, works in the Great Language Lab in Kansas. She has dedicated her life to teaching the apes to sign and communicate with humans. Obviously this intrigues people and a writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer, John Thigpen, visits one day to write an article. Unfortunately, a terrorists bombs the lab, terrorizing the apes and severely injuring Isabel. The apes are then sold to man of questionable ethics who turns the apes into reality stars. From this point on, it's Isabel's race to gain custody of the apes and find out who actually bombed the language lab and nearly killed her.
This, I thought, was a solidly GOOD book. It was nothing like Water For Elephants except that the animals are definitely the heroes. I actually listened to this on CD in the car which, for me, sometimes changes the feel of a book. Considering this book didn't get good reviews at all, I wonder if I liked it more listening to it then I would have. Who's to say but I liked it and think it's worth the read. I'm assuming that the information about the bonobos is true and it is truly fascinating. Worth the read just for that bit of info. Recommendation: Read it, I think it's worth it. Or listen to it...even better.
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